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Artist Rokurou Ogaki had revealed that he will be be releasing a manga adaptation of the current Zettai Karen Children anime series, The Unlimited – HyobuKyosuke,in the May issue of Shonen Sunday Super magazine on 25 March.

The anime series itself is a spin-off of Takashi Shiina’s Zettai Karen Children manga and its anime adaptation, which is also known as Psychic Squad. The story of the latest anime series follows Hyobu, a psychic outlaw (voiced by Koji Yusa), who was betrayed many years ago by humans. As the leader of P.A.N.D.R.A, Hyobu wants people with ESP powers like himself to wipe out the “Normals”.

The North American anime licensing company Sentai Filmworks has confirmed they have acquired the rights to the second series of the anime adaptation of Hiroyuki Asada’s fantasy manga, Tegami Bachi: Reverse. The anime will available on subtitled DVD and through digital outlets later this year.

Tegami Bachi: Reverse is the sequel to Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, a series that revolved around a young boy named Lag Seeing who becomes a “letter bee”. His job is to deliver messages throughout the world of AmberGround, which exists in eternal night.

The series was directed by Akira Iwanaga (Gunslinger Girl), with Masanao Akahoshi (Psychic Squad) and Shou Aikawa (Fullmetal Alchemist) scripting most of the series, and Minako Shiba (Black Butler) doing the character design.

Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine has revealed that the new Zettia Karen Children anime, Courtesy of Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited – Hyobu Kyosuke. This spin-off, based on the previous anime series and Takashi Shiina’s original Zettai Karen Children manga, will centre around Kyosuke Hyobu; the leader of P.A.N.D.R.A, Hyobu wants people with ESP powers like himself to wipe out the “Normals”. Koji Yusa is reprising his role of Hyōbu, and Junichi Suwabe will voice Andy Hinomiya. The series will premiere in Japan in 2013.

The new anime will be directed by Shishō Igarashi (Deadman Wonderland, Armored Trooper Votoms Case;Irvine) at Manglobe anime studios, and Shinichi Inotsume (first Zettai Karen Children, Hayate the Combat Butler) will provide the series’ scripts. In the animation department, Jun Takagi (Romeo × Juliet, Submarine 707R) will be the character designer and chief animation director, and Kenji Teraoka (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) is the mechanical designer. The soundtrack for the series will be provided by Kotaro Nakagawa (first Zettai Karen Children, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Hayate the Combat Butler).

The original anime series was released by Sentai Filmworks in North America as Psychic Squad.